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PRESENTED BY HANCHER AND UI COLLEGE OF LAW

Spring 2025 Levitt Lecture

Mara Liasson is the national political correspondent for NPR and a contributor to FOX News Channel. She joined FOX in 1997 and serves as a panelist on Special Report with Brett Baier and FOX News Sunday, FOX Broadcasting Company's public affairs program that airs nationwide each Sunday morning.
Liasson joined NPR in 1985 as a general assignment reporter and newscaster. She covered Congress and served as the White House correspondent during all eight years of the Clinton administration. Now, as the national political correspondent, her reports can be heard on the award-winning newsmagazines All Things Considered and Morning Edition. During her tenure, she has covered all of the presidential elections since 1992 and reports on Senate and House races every election year. She is an expert on elections and national policy and on relations between the White House and Congress. Liasson has received numerous awards and honors for her reporting, including the White House Correspondents' Association’s Merriman Smith Award in 1994, 1995, and 1997 for excellence in daily news reporting.

Free tickets (limit two) will be available from the Hancher Box Office beginning March 3 at 10 a.m.